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单词 décolleté
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Definition of décolleté in English:

décolleté

(also décolletée)
adjective deɪˈkɒlteɪdeɪˌkɑləˈteɪ
  • (of a woman's dress or top) having a low neckline.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Samantha runs into a hockey player she once slept with, who has taken to wearing a blond wig, weapons-grade mascara, and décolleté dresses - and who has renamed himself Samantha, in tribute to his ‘role model.’
    • It's all high glamour, décolleté dresses, the Riviera of the jet set and rien ne va plus.
    • Even more annoying to her was the fact that she was thus unable to wear any of her beautiful, décolleté evening dresses, of which she had quite a collection.
    • She was like a prettier Nancy Sinatra, with large breasts that were about to burst forth from her décolleté black dress.
noundeɪˈkɒlteɪdeɪˌkɑləˈteɪ
  • A low neckline on a woman's dress or top.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its bodice fitted like a second skin, the décolleté covered by gossamer, skin-coloured netting upon which sparkled, embroidered stones.
    • A rather round woman in a décolleté was sitting at a scarred harpsichord, howling out a bawdy drinking song.

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, past participle of décolleter 'expose the neck'.

 
 

Definition of décolleté in US English:

décolleté

(also décolletée)
adjectivedeɪˌkɑləˈteɪdāˌkäləˈtā
  • (of a woman's dress or top) having a low neckline.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even more annoying to her was the fact that she was thus unable to wear any of her beautiful, décolleté evening dresses, of which she had quite a collection.
    • She was like a prettier Nancy Sinatra, with large breasts that were about to burst forth from her décolleté black dress.
    • Samantha runs into a hockey player she once slept with, who has taken to wearing a blond wig, weapons-grade mascara, and décolleté dresses - and who has renamed himself Samantha, in tribute to his ‘role model.’
    • It's all high glamour, décolleté dresses, the Riviera of the jet set and rien ne va plus.
noundeɪˌkɑləˈteɪdāˌkäləˈtā
  • A low neckline on a woman's dress or top.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its bodice fitted like a second skin, the décolleté covered by gossamer, skin-coloured netting upon which sparkled, embroidered stones.
    • A rather round woman in a décolleté was sitting at a scarred harpsichord, howling out a bawdy drinking song.

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, past participle of décolleter ‘expose the neck’.

 
 
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